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AHA Comments to CMS Re: The Rural Floor Budget-Neutrality Adjustment Aspect of Inpatient PPS
April 04, 2011
In anticipation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule on the inpatient prospective payment system (PPS), the AHA comments on a specific aspect of the inpatient PPS - the rural floor budget-neutrality adjustment. Learn More
AHA to Sen. Cornyn Re: AHA's Support for the Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act (S. 668)
March 31, 2011
American Hospital Association letter to Sen. John Cornyn expressing support for the Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act (S. 668), legislation to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), and your continued leadership on this issue. Learn More
AHA, NAPH to Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Re: Defunding Certain ACA Programs
March 31, 2011
AHA NAPH letter to the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee expressing concerns about legislation under consideration before the subcommittee that would eliminate the direct mandatory funding for certain programs created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Learn More
Joint Comment letter to IRS Re: Excise Tax on Medical Devices
March 29, 2011
The Federation of American Hospitals, the American Hospital Association, the Catholic Health Association of the United States, and the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association submit comments urging the IRS to prohibit device manufacturers from passing through the excise tax on medical devices to their customers, including hospitals. Learn More
AHA requests extension of delay in ACA's home health physician face-to-face encounter requirement
March 24, 2011
AHA requests that CMS extend the delay in enforcing the physician face-to-face encounter requirement for patients that receive home health agency services, as required by section 6407 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Learn More
News
- AHA News Now: AHA comments on CoP proposed rule
- AHA News Now: Court finds three hospitals to be federal subcontractors
- AHA News Now: House Republicans release updated proposal to repeal SGR
- AHA News Now: IRS issues proposed rule on reporting requirements for charitable hospitals
- AHA News Now: OIG issues alert on physician-owned distributorships
- AHA Health Care Transformation Fellowship
2013 class now accepting applications. Deadline: April 15th - Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship
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